<p>''The missile was launched at 11. 30 am today from Indian Navy ship INS Ranvir and it manoeuvred successfully hitting the target ship. It was a perfect hit and a perfect mission,'' BrahMos aerospace chief A Sivathanu Pillai said.<br /><br />After today’s test, India has become the first and only country in the world to have a "manoeuvrable supersonic cruise missile in its inventory," he said in New Delhi.</p>.<p>Pillai said the software of the missile, which has a range of 290 kms, was improved and today's test proved its capability of manoeuvrability at supersonic speeds before hitting the target.<br /><br />"During the test, the missile hit a free-floating ship piercing it above the waterline and destroying it completely," BrahMos officials said.<br /><br />The test-firing was part of the pre-induction tests by the Navy as moves are afoot to deploy the vertical-launch version of the missile in ships. The weapon system has been designed and developed by the Indo-Russian joint venture company.<br /><br />In separate messages, President Pratibha Patil and Defence Minister A K Antony congratulated the BrahMos scientists and the navy for the successful test-launch.<br /><br />All the three Indian Navy's Talwar class ships, under construction in Russia, have been fitted with vertical launchers and many other ships will also be equipped with them, officials said.<br /><br />The navy had earlier carried out several tests of the BrahMos but most of them had been done from inclined launchers abroad INS Rajput.<br /><br />The missile is already in service with the Navy and its Shivalik class frigates have been equipped with it.<br /><br />BrahMos has also been inducted into the Army and preparations are on to develop its air-launched and the submarine-launched versions, officials said. </p>
<p>''The missile was launched at 11. 30 am today from Indian Navy ship INS Ranvir and it manoeuvred successfully hitting the target ship. It was a perfect hit and a perfect mission,'' BrahMos aerospace chief A Sivathanu Pillai said.<br /><br />After today’s test, India has become the first and only country in the world to have a "manoeuvrable supersonic cruise missile in its inventory," he said in New Delhi.</p>.<p>Pillai said the software of the missile, which has a range of 290 kms, was improved and today's test proved its capability of manoeuvrability at supersonic speeds before hitting the target.<br /><br />"During the test, the missile hit a free-floating ship piercing it above the waterline and destroying it completely," BrahMos officials said.<br /><br />The test-firing was part of the pre-induction tests by the Navy as moves are afoot to deploy the vertical-launch version of the missile in ships. The weapon system has been designed and developed by the Indo-Russian joint venture company.<br /><br />In separate messages, President Pratibha Patil and Defence Minister A K Antony congratulated the BrahMos scientists and the navy for the successful test-launch.<br /><br />All the three Indian Navy's Talwar class ships, under construction in Russia, have been fitted with vertical launchers and many other ships will also be equipped with them, officials said.<br /><br />The navy had earlier carried out several tests of the BrahMos but most of them had been done from inclined launchers abroad INS Rajput.<br /><br />The missile is already in service with the Navy and its Shivalik class frigates have been equipped with it.<br /><br />BrahMos has also been inducted into the Army and preparations are on to develop its air-launched and the submarine-launched versions, officials said. </p>